Focaccia

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Title: Focaccia
Categories: breads, italian
Yield: 1 servings

4 c unbleached flour
2/3 fresh cake yeast,
1 dissolved in 2/3 cup warm
1 water
10 tb olive oil
1/3 c water
2 1/2 ts salt

Mix 2 cups flour with the dissolved yeast. Knead the dough for 10
minutes, either by hand or in the bowl of an electric mixture with a dough
hook. Shape the dough into a ball, and put in an oiled bowl to rise until
doubled in bulk, about 3 hours.

Punch down, put the dough on a floured board, and knead again,
incorporating the remaining flour, 1/3 cup olive oil, water, and salt.
Knead until dough is smooth and elastic. Let rise again in a covered bowl
for another 3 hours.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.

Divide the dough in half and roll out on a well-floured board to circles
or squares 1/2 inch thick. Brush with the remaining olive oil and press
the topping of your choice into the top of each circle.
Bake on a baking sheet until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Serve warm
or at room temperature, cut into wedges, squares, or triangles.

NOTE: Slashes may be made in a decorative or random pattern in the breads
before baking.

TOPPINGS: * Thinly sliced rounds of yellow onion * Paper-thin crosswise
slices of tomatoes and chunks of sun-dried
tomatoes * Oregano leaves and slivers of garlic * Coarse salt and olive
oil * Rosemary sprigs, coarse salt, and olive oil * Black olive halves and
coarse salt * Sage leaves, coarse salt, and olive oil

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